Position Summary:Provides administrative assistance to an assigned group of Law School faculty members. An assistant to faculty ratio can be up to 5-12. Administrative tasks can range from data entry and scheduling, to editing and finalizing legal documents. He/she organizes and prioritizes multiple requests and deadlines while continually problem solving and explaining policies and procedures. Scope of interactions include faculty, staff, students, judicial officers, judges, and law firms.

Identify, collect and compile materials to assist with the creation of class materials and exams.

Work with publishers to establish and obtain final proofs on manuscripts and articles.

Create TWEN (legal educational website) site for each class offered at Law School. Give students access, list assignments, and track the timeliness of assignments.

Be the first point of contact with faculty, students, and other law school constituents to explain policies and procedures and take initiative to problem solve situations or determine if matter must be referred directly to faculty member.

Be the main point of contact for students regarding assignments, mid-terms/exams, faculty appointments, etc.

Use legal terminology and the Blue Book legal citation style guide for documents, materials, and presentations.

Plan and administer faculty hosted events ranging from small group meetings to international conferences. This includes scheduling, communications, lodging, vendor negotiations, budgeting, catering, technology setups, and travel arrangements and travel reimbursements post event.

Determine if copyright permissions are needed for class materials and contact publishers and authors to obtain permissions.

Process and distribute all new hire paperwork for Research Assistants.

Assist with scheduling and making travel arrangements, and file necessary paperwork afterwards, to include reimbursements, travel card and purchasing card. This includes being familiar with international conversion rates as well as with the U of M reimbursement policies (alcohol, guests, per diem, etc.).

Convert classroom materials for disability access.

For faculty on leave, vacation or business travel: handles those items that require immediate action (per professor's instructions prior to departure), forwards appropriate items, and responds to inquiries in an established manner.

Administrative supervision (provide an understanding of general office protocol) for faculty research assistants.

Manage renewal of faculty memberships and make conference registrations.

Provide backup support for Administrative Assistants who are on vacation or sick leave, or who for other reasons need additional assistance with their work load.

Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Sets up and maintains course material files for each assigned faculty member.

Sets up and maintains publication files for each assigned faculty member.

Sets up and maintains copyright permission files for each assigned faculty member.

Sets up and maintains files for other projects, committees, or information as requested by each assigned faculty member.

Experience composing and editing legal correspondence, and other documents.

NOTES:

2 openings.

Internal Number: 331916

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